840 feet in yards

Result

The conversion result is: 840 feet is equivalent to 280 yards.[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 840 feet to yards?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ft ≈ 0.33333333 yd.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of yards.

1 ft / 840 ft ≈ 0.33333333 yd / x yd

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x yd ≈ (840 ft / 1 ft) * 0.33333333 yd → x yd ≈ 279.9999972 yd

Conclusion:

840 ft ≈ 279.9999972 yd

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 yard is equal to 0.00357142857142857 times 840 feet.

It can also be expressed as: 840 feet is equal to 1 / 0.00357142857142857 yards.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: eight hundred and forty feet is about two hundred and eighty yards, or alternatively, a yard is about zero times eight hundred and forty feet.

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.